Who, if anyone, should Vince trade?

[Mr. Artistic guy]

There is an exclusive saying that vince wants Smackdown to be the new 'A' shows of the WWE. My question is simple should he trade Raw superstars to Smackdown in order to show what he is trying to do? If so who? and if not should he be trying to direct the bigger storylines to Smackdown instead, such as the nexus angle?

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[Supamayan]

I personally hope they bring over Harris and McGillicutty to add some freshness to there midcard division. Maybe one more main eventer. Other then that, I say Smackdown could be the number 1 show because they seem to be able to create stars easier then RAW. I mean the Swagger mascot thing was pretty clever imo, and will help Swaggers character get over quicker.

 

[LSN80]

Well, I think John Cena would be the obvious choice, if this exclusive is true. Not sure why you take the "flagship" and make it the "B" show, but hey, whatevers clever. It would be a way for them to get obviously another big star over to Smackdown, and it could be done with Cena being "forced" to leave Raw if he wants out of Nexus control, or something along those lines.

I just can't see it, with so many people in my area not even getting SYFY, and everyone with a cable box getting USA, but Im sure Vince will do what Vince wants to do. Id think Cena would be the logical choice, as he'ld be the one to bring in viewers, and also as a way for him to get out from under Nexus control.

 

[Hulk Hogan's Brother]

i was thinking about this and i just saw that smackdown was a bit weak on the heel side.so i was thinking.......why not sheamus??think about it.he has feuded with cena and orton:the biggest faces of raw.he has feuded with triple h as well.the heel side on raw is packed with guys like nexus,cm punk and miz.so why not get him to smackdown to see what he can do??? a feud with undertaker could be really good for sheamus

 

[#hamler]

Bring over some exciting guys that also have good in-ring ability. Guys like Daniel Bryan, Evan Bourne, john Morrison, and r-truth. These guys would be great additions to the Smack down roster. Feuds like Kofi/Morrison, Bourne/Kaval, Bryan/Kaval, and r-truth/Morrison. I think it would give Smackdown the excitement they need to form a stable rated show. Of course, they would need to build most of these guys up to main event or upper-midcard level. Bryan alone would make a great addition to Smackdown. Smackdown, in my view, is seen as a young up and comer type of show to showcas3e younger wrestlers and what they can do. These guys that I mentioned, Morrison, Bryan, R-Truth, and Bourne all have what it takes to lead the WWE into the Next Generation and have the potential to be HUGE stars.

 

[Mr. Artistic guy]

I agree with you hamler, the WWE doesn't book its young stars as well as it ought to. Whether you think a guy is good or not, you have to give him a chance, you have to pass the torch (but try telling that to EV2). Passing the torch should be something that doesn't go on gradually, it should be done and then we all get down to business again.

The way to start off a whole new show (which making smackdown number one show is essentially about) is to make it fresh from start, start as you mean to go on. Therefore guys like Miz, Morrison, R-Truth, Bryan, Bourne all of these guys and more should be in the mind of vince. Mind you there still has to be the vets there to put them over so people like cena, taker, orton etc are also up for condieration. The guys that arent are people going nowhere like MVP, Henry, regal, goldust and others, these guys can fill the B show and it can still be entertaining just the way smackdown has still been entertaining the whole time raw was number one.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

I'm going with John Cena. As much as I don't personally care for the guy, he's the biggest name in Wrestling right now. Smackdown is in need of star power, and needs more than secondary guys like Edge and The Big Show. If you send Cena over there, you will have a pretty big jump in the ratings, and the Smackdown brand will be important once again.

Raw needs star power, but it's Raw. It's always going to be the more popular show, and it creates big time superstars on it's own. Randy Orton is the hottest thing in wrestling right now, and he and Cena do not need to share a show. I think sending Cena to Smackdown doesn't hurt Raw, and only helps Smackdown.

In all honesty, I would like to see them do away with the brand split completely. But if that isn't going to happen, send Cena to Smackdown.

 

[hatehabsforever]

If Vince is truly serious about pushing Smackdown more towards being the "A" show, the choice would be easy as to how to do it. Now I'm not really sure, even though I read the exclusive article to which the OP refers, that Vince is actually serious about trying to make Smackdown the "A" show and RAW the "B" show, and even if he is serious, I'm not sure how realistic it would be to do it. RAW has been around longer. It is live while Smackdown is pre-recorded. I know SD just changed stations, but I would suggest that SyFy is not as significant a station as USA. So I feel no matter what, RAW will always be the "A" show and SD will always be secondary to it.

If Vince wanted to really try to do it, though, the easy way to do it is to move John Cena. This could be done in one of two ways. One possibility would be to have Cena actually go full heel, ie, to start off as a reluctant unwilling member of the Nexus, but have him lured to the "dark side" by the power, by the numbers, by always having someone by his side to watch his back,and have him do the full heel turn and move the whole heel faction of the Nexus, with Cena central to it, to Smackdown. This would definitely boost the ratings that SD achieves and would be a breath of fresh air into Cena's character as well.

The other possibility would be to have Cena finally reach his breaking point with Wade Barrett and the rest of Nexus. Have him smack Barrett in the mouth and refuse to be his whipping boy any more, at which point, the mystery GM fires him: from RAW. Not fired from all of WWE, just fired from RAW only. At which point Teddy Long snaps up the unemployed John Cena and brings him to SD. Either way, Cena moves to Smackdown and gives this brand a shot of life. Would be interesting to see, actually, what if any difference this would make to the ratings of either brand.

 

[SuperSteve16]

I think that if Smackdown is going to be the "A" show, they need to build up their midcard. Their main-eventers are already nearly on par with raw, they have Undertaker, Kane, Rey Mysterio,Edge and Jack Swagger, they only need maybe one more main eventer. My choice would be to put Sheamus on Smackdown becuase he's slowly getting out of the main event on RAW and on smackdown he could feud with superstars such as Taker, Kane, Edge and Rey Mysterio.
As for the midcarders, I would put Ted Dibiase, Goldust, Mark Henry and when he returns Evan Bourne on Smackdown. All these men would add to Smackdown, Dibiase could continue to feud with Goldust or start one with Cody Rhodes (or even team up with), Mark Henry could team up with MVP and Evan Bourne could add heaps to the brand

 

[The Dude]

I just can't see it, with so many people in my area not even getting SYFY, and everyone with a cable box getting USA, but Im sure Vince will do what Vince wants to do. Id think Cena would be the logical choice, as he'ld be the one to bring in viewers, and also as a way for him to get out from under Nexus control.

This is the biggest problem regarding Smackdown's ratings. It's on SyFy, a channel that isn't necessarily included on basic cable packages, at least not as readily available as the USA network.

I have AT&T U-Verse as my cable provider. I can tell you what channel USA is on without blinking an eye. I couldn't tell you where SyFy is.

SyFy is a specialty/niche channel - like Food Network, Travel Network, etc. It doesn't have the broad appeal of successful cable channels like USA, TNT, TBS. Some people are already going to be turned off by the niche factor.

As long as Smackdown is on SyFy, it will never be the "A" show for WWE. WWE can try and make Smackdown its #1 priority over RAW, but ratings are not going to improve significantly, regardless of whatever talent Vince tries to move over to Friday nights.

Smackdown recently got a 1.7 rating on SyFy. That's dangerously close to TNA's meager 1.2-1.3 Impact ratings, and I'm sure Vince & Co aren't thrilled with that. It's the channel that is the major issue here, not the content.

 

[Cracka Jack]

John Morrison would be an incredible addition to Smackdown. He shouldn't have been drafted to Raw in the first place, as his momentum took a huge hit that he's just recently recovering from. I never considered what Sheamus could do for the blue brand, but he could definitely become their established heel for years to come. The show's top guys right now are 'Taker, Kane, and Edge, all of whom will be retired pretty soon. They need fresh young talent. I don't know who they'll be traded for, but hopefully these guys can be moved soon.

 

[Disturbed]

A huge one would be Orton. Why not? He has been on Raw for a long time. His fan base would give SD more viewers. He would be the main one but agree with many of you. Like Hamler said exciting fast pased guys would help strenthen the brand. I would like to see the cruiserweight division brought back and taken serious. Another idea could be a CHris Jericho face turn and go to SD. EVerybody loves the Y2J character.

 

[I_Am_Electro_Boy]

I've got to say Sheamus, as someone else has said SD is missing a few guys in the heel section of the main event and he would be a great addition. He can have some great feuds with Big Show, Taker, Mysterio, Christian etc, he also has done most things on Raw; feuding with most of the main event, winning WWE Title twice etc.

 

[Mr. Artistic guy]

I've gotta say if I may answer my own question that orton is a good pick. Him and Cena are the two biggest stars in WWE right now and you could transfer cena buthe locked up in the nexus storyline and I can imagine he will be for a while anyway. So to transfer him you'd have to transfer the whole gang and that isnt really viable whereas orton is one guy with the entire WWE Universe in the palm of his hand, many of whom will follow him where ever he's goes and if that means kids taking five minutes to find syfy, I think the little tikes would do it, or their parents would to stop em from crying. In return I'd trade over rey.

OK now for the heel thing, I would have Miz come over to smackdown as well seen as he is the up and coming guy and in return I'd want christian maybe to feck off to raw, where he can stay do continue to do nothing. So the heel/face balance in smackdown is restored so they are 1up on the heel side, makes things more interesting. Like someone said anyway they dont need cena and orton on one show, these two moves would probably divide the ratings almost equally.